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Pirelli World Challenge Series to Return in 2015

11/5/2014

Denver, CO - WC Vision announced today that it has added an additional race weekend to its 2015 schedule. The series' GT and GTA classes will return to race as part of the Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, May 29-31, 2015. The event will feature two GT/GTA races.

"We had been working with the DGP staff for several months to sort through some issues that were important to the series," said Scott Bove, WC Vision, President and Chief Executive Officer. "We released what was to be the final schedule a few weeks back. The response from our fans, teams, drivers and marketing partners has been overwhelming in support of us continuing the negotiations with the track. Those discussions were re-kindled, and over the past two weeks we have mutually agreed to add the DGP to our schedule."

Bove also noted that the purse for the event will be a record for the GT class with more marketing details surrounding the event to be made in the coming weeks.

Additionally, as part of a forthcoming announcement of a new series TV partner, the Sunday PWC race at Detroit will be featured with a live 90-minute TV broadcast.

With the addition of the Detroit weekend, GT and GTA classes will now compete in a total of 20 races. One additional TC/TCA/TCB race weekend is still to be announced.

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About The Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix

Presented by Lear

The Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear is a 501(c)3 organization and a subsidiary of the Downtown Detroit Partnership. Scheduled for June 1-3, 2018 at Belle Isle Park, the event will include the Chevrolet Dual in Detroit featuring cars of the Verizon IndyCar Series, the Chevrolet Sports Car Classic with the sports cars of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, the cars of the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli and the high-flying trucks of the SPEED Energy Stadium Super Trucks. Partners for the 2018 Grand Prix include General Motors and Lear Corporation.